2024 | A Taizé Brother in Canada and the United States

The Brother preparing for this journey said: “I’m grateful that, this year, I will get to meet young adults in the San Diego area committed to providing care for refugees and migrants at the American-Mexican border. A number of prayers, both in Canada and the U.S., are taking place in university settings. Several college groups spent a week at Taizé in France in 2024. The Taizé brother meeting weekly with groups from Canada and the United States said: “Seeing the wonderful follow-up in many universities, I can only encourage those involved in university chaplaincy ministry to consider organizing a group to come to Taizé in 2025.”
See the list of prayers and gathers below to find out if anything is happening near you.
This summer at Taizé we saw a significant increase of young adults taking part in the weekly meetings. Could it be that more people are becoming attentive to the fact that in these challenging times it’s not a good idea to isolate? We need to be together to search, to pray, to go together to the wellsprings of hope and trust.

October 17th: Ottawa, Canada
□ Sacred Heart church/ Église du Sacré-Coeur, 591 Cumberland, Ottawa ON K1N 7K3. Song rehearsal : 6 pm. Prayer at 7.15 pm.

October 20th, New York City, USA
□ St. Paul’s Chapel, 209 Broadway, NY, NY 10006. Prayer at 4 pm.

October 21st, New York City, 7 pm, Prayer at the The Catholic Worker, Maryhouse, 55 E 3rd St. New York, NY 10003.

October 22nd, Drew University Theological School, 36 Madison Avenue, Madison, New Jersey 07940 , USA. Prayer will be on the second floor of Seminary Hall in Craig Chapel. Conversation at 7 pm; prayer at 8 pm. Contact: Jeff Markay: jeffmarkay9 gmail.com.

October 23rd, St. Thomas More Catholic Chapel and Center at Yale University. 68 Park Street, New Haven, CT 06511. From 6 pm to 7 pm: Dinner and Discussion in the Student Lounge. Taizé music will be used at the 5.30 Mass.

October, 25-26, Delray Beach, Florida, USA
□ The prayer open to all generations on Friday 25th will take place at 7pm at Emmanuel Catholic Church, 15700 S Military Trail, Delray Beach, Florida - 33484
□ Events of Saturday October 26th, from 8.15 am to 10 pm, are reserved for those between 21 and 40 years of age. However, evening prayer at 7 pm is open to all generations. All events on Saturday at Amoris Christi Campus at Duncan Conference Center, 15820 S Military Trail, Delray Beach, Florida - 33484
□ Young adults can register for the weekend using this link: https://taizefl.paperform.co/. For more information: Contact: Nitya amorischristi.org. or Anthony amorischristi.org. Phone: 870-316-5599. They will send you the flyer about the weekend.

October 29th, Montreal, Canada, prayer at Saint-Albert-le-Grand Church, 2715 Chemin de la Côte Ste-Catherine, Montréal. Conversation at 7m; prayer at 8 pm. Contact address for more information: info cedum.org. Phone: 514-341-4817.

November 1st, Toronto, Canada. An ecumenical evening of prayer, from 6 pm to 8 pm, with Christian communities in the University of Toronto., St. Basil’s Church, 50 St. Joseph Street, Toronto. For more information: Sonal Castelino s.castelino utoronto.ca.

November 4-6, Halifax, Canada. Various events at the Atlantic School of Theology:

Tuesday, November 5th, 7 pm, Prayer in Atlantic School of Theology Chapel, 630 Francklyn Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Wednesday, November 6th, 7 pm, Prayer at Stella Maris Parish, 6 St Michaels Avenue, Halifax, Nova Scotia.Contact for more information: Rob Fennell rob.fennell astheology.ns.ca.

November 8-10, San Francisco, CA, USA, Weekend for young adults between the ages of 21 and 40.

□ The main event is a full Taizé weekend (retreat) for young adults between the ages of 21 and 40, in San Francisco. Write to the organizers of the weekend to get the flyer. This is how the group of young adults in San Francisco preparing the event has presented the weekend: "Our retreat location, the Verbum Dei Missionary Fraternity home, is located in the Mission of San Francisco, one of the oldest settlements in the city. The neighborhood is home to a diverse immigrant population, a unique mixture of faith, popular religiosity, and politics, and is a microcosm of some of the extreme inequalities and pressing social justice issues facing the Bay Area, which the retreat will reflect upon. To register, visit this link [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdFZb4IdGsvJBbjSMpxAKbLwZgbusYwrdOSdzMKB0rpBMaDRw/viewform] and for more information, contact: taizesf2024 gmail.com.

□ Saturday 9 November, 7 pm: Prayer open to all generations: Verbum Dei House of Prayer (3373 19th St, San Francisco, CA 94110)

□ Sunday, November 10th, Prayer at San Quentin prison. 

November 13th, San Diego, CA, San Diego University, Ministry Center in Founders Hall. Meal at 5.30 pm. Prayer open to all generations at 7 pm in Founders Chapel (next door to ministry center).

November 17th, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA, 7 pm, Prayer Service at The Lutheran Center, 535 N. 16th St.,Lincoln, NE 68508. Contact: Pr Liz Kocher, 402-435-3697

November 20th, Chicago, Loyola University, Madonna della Strada Chapel: 1032 W. Sheridan Rd., Chicago, IL 60660. Prayer at 8 pm. Contact for more information: T. Derrick Witherington twither luc.edu; +1.773.508.8508